From: David Crocker <dwcae@...>
Subject: [QRPops] Death Valley Days
To: QRPops@...
Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 9:50 PM

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Hi All,

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Dave Flack, Neil, Alex (VE7EIS) and I spent a total of 10 days in Death Valley at Texas Creek near Furnace Creek. Dave sent up in his camper on PSK31 and made a couple of contacts using his ICOM 7000 with a long wire.

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I operated on an adjacent hill with my Jackite ground plane vertical and IC 703 on 20M SSB. I operated in the morning heard some European stations but they didn’t move the S-meter. The noise level is unbelievable down there. They couldn’t hear me but I did make a number of state side contacts. I had better luck in the afternoon, heard lots Japanese stations but there was a lot of QRM from high power stateside stations. I listened a little more and heard a station on South Cook Island. He gave me a 5-5 report and got a laugh out of a 10W station in Death Valley coming back to his CQ after that I talked to a station in Hiroshima and Guadalajara.

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My goal was to make some contacts from the lowest place in the Western Hemisphere, Badwater (-282 ft.). Neil and I managed to setup on the salt down there, unfortunately there was a contest going so all they wanted was your state and your name. The location as you can imagine is deep in a valley with high mountains to the East and West so I didn’t know what the propagation might be like. Alaska gave me a report of +10 and I did manage to talk to a guy in New Hampshire who was actually in a hotel room in Yokohama operating the home rig via the internet. Neil and I had a lot of fun with some German tourists who though we were some kind of scientific expedition.

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The mountain in the back ground is Telescope Peak (11,049 ft.)

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73, Dave W6VYC

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Hi All,



Dave Flack, Neil, Alex (VE7EIS) and I spent a total of 10 days in Death
Valley at Texas Creek near Furnace Creek. Dave sent up in his camper on
PSK31 and made a couple of contacts using his ICOM 7000 with a long wire.











I operated on an adjacent hill with my Jackite ground plane vertical and IC
703 on 20M SSB. I operated in the morning heard some European stations but
they didn't move the S-meter. The noise level is unbelievable down there.
They couldn't hear me but I did make a number of state side contacts. I had
better luck in the afternoon, heard lots Japanese stations but there was a
lot of QRM from high power stateside stations. I listened a little more and
heard a station on South Cook Island. He gave me a 5-5 report and got a
laugh out of a 10W station in Death Valley coming back to his CQ after that
I talked to a station in Hiroshima and Guadalajara.







My goal was to make some contacts from the lowest place in the Western
Hemisphere, Badwater (-282 ft.). Neil and I managed to setup on the salt
down there, unfortunately there was a contest going so all they wanted was
your state and your name. The location as you can imagine is deep in a
valley with high mountains to the East and West so I didn't know what the
propagation might be like. Alaska gave me a report of +10 and I did manage
to talk to a guy in New Hampshire who was actually in a hotel room in
Yokohama operating the home rig via the internet. Neil and I had a lot of
fun with some German tourists who though we were some kind of scientific
expedition.











The mountain in the back ground is Telescope Peak (11,049 ft.)







73, Dave W6VYC










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From: Neil
Subject: [QRPops] Re: Death Valley Days
To: QRPops@...
Date: Friday, January 22, 2010, 4:27 PM

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Is everyone else seeing Dave's Death Valley photos? -- Murf

--- In QRPops@yahoogroups. com, "David Crocker" wrote:
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> Hi All,
>
>
>
> Dave Flack, Neil, Alex (VE7EIS) and I spent a total of 10 days in Death
> Valley at Texas Creek near Furnace Creek. Dave sent up in his camper on
> PSK31 and made a couple of contacts using his ICOM 7000 with a long wire.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>
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> I operated on an adjacent hill with my Jackite ground plane vertical and IC
> 703 on 20M SSB. I operated in the morning heard some European stations but
> they didn't move the S-meter. The noise level is unbelievable down there.
> They couldn't hear me but I did make a number of state side contacts. I had
> better luck in the afternoon, heard lots Japanese stations but there was a
> lot of QRM from high power stateside stations. I listened a little more and
> heard a station on South Cook Island. He gave me a 5-5 report and got a
> laugh out of a 10W station in Death Valley coming back to his CQ after that
> I talked to a station in Hiroshima and Guadalajara.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> My goal was to make some contacts from the lowest place in the Western
> Hemisphere, Badwater (-282 ft.). Neil and I managed to setup on the salt
> down there, unfortunately there was a contest going so all they wanted was
> your state and your name. The location as you can imagine is deep in a
> valley with high mountains to the East and West so I didn't know what the
> propagation might be like. Alaska gave me a report of +10 and I did manage
> to talk to a guy in New Hampshire who was actually in a hotel room in
> Yokohama operating the home rig via the internet. Neil and I had a lot of
> fun with some German tourists who though we were some kind of scientific
> expedition.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> The mountain in the back ground is Telescope Peak (11,049 ft.)
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> 73, Dave W6VYC
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